Plow.



J. BREY.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 3, 1904.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909 STATES PA TEN-T oFmoE.

JOSEPH BREY, 0F GQGGINGEN, NEAR AUGSBlTBG, GERMANY.

rLow.

Specification of Letters iatentf Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

Application filed. October 3, 1904. Serial No. 227,045.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH BBEY, engineer, citizen of Germany, residing at Goggmgen, near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows; and I. do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in plows, the word being used generically to include agricultural implements in general,

and has for its object the provision of a motor operating thereon by suitable connections in such manner as to render the employment of motor-plows advantageous and economical. for use in agriculture on either a'large or small scale.

Fig. 7*is an elevation showing another modi-' when traveling over fication of my invention.

"Common to all of the modifications is the motor-plow carrying at its rear portion the plow-shares, roller disk, or other tools e for tillin r the soil which may be lifted entirely free ruin the ground by means of winch m shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and which are caused to penetrate the ground at a greater or. less distance as desired, under the control of the adjusting mechanism connected therewith. The plow is steered by means of the mechanism is in a well known manner.

At the opposite end of the plow, are locate traction wheels 1 provided with slotted resistance members extending radially therefrom and adjusta le by means of bolts f in such manner that they may be withdrawn entirely within the eriphery of the wheel liard roads and the like.

According to Figs. 1 and 2. the motor ais carried by the plow and connected by suit- 'starting point.

able belt d with the drive-wheels, thus constituting a self-contained motor-plow adapted for use particularly upon small agricultural estates.

In Figs. 4 and 5 are shown two motor plows arranged to operate in pairs. Each plow is provided near the front end with a winding drum 0, provided with gear (1 which meshes with another gear d" carried by the main shaft 1) which is driven from the motor a. Each plow is also provided upon the' shaft I) and upon the drivmg wheel axle with gears d, which latter gears may be thrown into or out of engagement as desired by a suitable clutch device.

For operation, the two plows are placed atopposite sides of the field, their respectivev winding drums being connected by cable f.

The gears 11 being out of engagement, 'the motors are started and the cable wound upon each drum, thus drawlng the plows toward each. other until they meet in the center of the field. By this arrangement, the

employment of an anchor for each plow is obviated, one plow serving as a yielding reaction member for the other. If one plow offers more resistance, due to the nature of the ground or any other Ctlllbc, and consequently tends to travel slower than the other plow, their relative speeds may be controlled y setting the plow-shares to penetrate the ground more or less deeply as the case may be. \Vhen the plows meet in the center of the field, the gears d are thrown into en gagemcnt and the plows returned to the It will be obvious that the motor being relieved of the resistance of the plows, which are now elevated, the return speed will be naturally much greater without special gearing.

In some cases, it may be advantagmus to apply the energy of the motor to the driv lug-wheels as well as to the winding drum to advance the plows. This may be done, as shown in Fig. 6, by providing the gearwheelszl, in addition to its outer toothed rim.with an inner toothed rim ll with-which the gear-wheel (l driven by intermediary gearings 11" from the .main shaft 1; is arranged to be thrown into and out of mesh at will.

If it is desired to have the plows meet at a greater or less distance to one side from the center of the field, such result may be the motor of one zweomplished by coupling and the plow to the drive wheels and drmn,

other to the drmn alone, in the manner described, or by any well known means for increasing the resistance of live to the other. This may be carried to the one plow rela- I extent of causing one of the plows to rema n stationary. In either case each plow serves 1 as an anchorage or reaction member, sta

tionary or more or less movable, for the second plow, toward which anchorage the second plow' is drawn by means of the cable f. Obviously, one of the plows may be dispensed with entirely and the cables secured to any other suitable anchorage, such as a tree or grappling irons fixed in the soil.

In Fig. 7 is illustrated a modification by which the winding motor a is mounted upon a separate car in and connected by the gearing b with a winding drum 0 upon which the cable joining 1 fication, each plow is provi ed with a motor for returning the same to the starting point, which motor may be comparatively light, as it has nothing to do with'the plowing operation. As the strain is exerted upon the centrally arranged motor car and winding drum equally in both directions equilibrium of the same is maintained and it "need not be any heavier than is necessary to support a motor of sufiicient power to draw the plows. I

Having thus fully described my invention,

In this case, the* the center of the field plows,

what l claim as new and desire. to secure by Letters-Patent ol the United States is:

1. in an agricultural implement, a plow, a winding drum carried thereby, a cable secured at one end to the drum and at the other endto a suitable reaction men'il'ier, a motor mounted on the plow and geared to the drum for winding n J the cable on the drum to draw theplow forward, and a disenga'geable reverse driving col'inection between the motor and the drive wheels of the plow to return the same to the starting point.

2. In an agricultural implement, a pair of plows, a cable directly connecting the two a motor carried by each plow, and means driven by the motors for hauling in the cable to draw the plows together.

3. In an agricultural implement, a pinrality of plows, a motor carried by each plow, a winding drum driven by each motor, a cable directly connecting the drums on the two plows to draw the plows together, and a disengageable reverse connection between spective plow to return the plows to their separated position.

4. In an agricultural implement, a plow,

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each motor and the drive wheels of its rea winding drum carried thereby, a cable secured at one end to the drum and at the other end to a suitable reaction member, motor mounted on the plow and geared both to the drive wheels of the plow and to the drum for winding up the cable on the drum to move the plow forward, and a disengageable reverse driving connection between the motor and the drive wheels of the plow to return the same to the starting point.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BREY.

\Vitnesses IIUGo VEGELIN, A. HUonnn 

